Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
36 pending office actions • 31 clients • 35 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP has 35 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and a career record of 1932 applications. The figures show both a substantial active workload and a sizeable historical application base.
The resolved allowance rate is 85.71%, with an average of 2.33 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can assess this record through two lenses: allowance outcomes and the examination activity associated with matters that reached allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (11%) |
| §103 only | 9 (25%) |
| §112 only | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUH, VYNN V | 2 | 61.9% | +44.4% |
| NGUYEN, THU N | 1 | 71.7% | +26.3% |
| SONG, DUHYUNG | 1 | — | — |
| DORNBUSCH, DIANNE | 1 | 74.0% | +35.2% |
| GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 22.0% | +7.1% |
| CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 1 | 57.4% | +40.2% |
| CESE, KENNY A | 1 | 75.2% | +11.0% |
| YAMAMOTO, JOSEPH JEREMY | 1 | 71.7% | +31.1% |
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.4% | +50.4% |
| WU, YANNA | 1 | 81.0% | +34.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17443133 | SELF-IMPROVING, AUTOMATED, INTELLIGENT PRODUCT FINDER AND GUIDE | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 357d overdue |
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 147d overdue |
| 17656486 | METHOD FOR THE ACETYLATION OF WOOD | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 92d overdue |
| 18273412 | Payment System and Method for Improving Security Pricing Using Digital Tokens in a Closed Loop | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 42d overdue |
| 18304736 | VITAL SIGNS BEACON SYSTEM | MOSS, JAMES R | 5d |
| 18843927 | A FABRIC SPREADING MACHINE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 23d |
| 18167296 | A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 69d |
| 18059040 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PARTITIONED UNIFORM LIGHT PROJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 72d |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 147d overdue |
| 19410778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DATA FIELDS IN STRUCTURED DATA FILES OF PROPERTY LISTINGS | NGUYEN, THU N | — |
| 19064498 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTABLY CLOSING TISSUE | DORNBUSCH, DIANNE | — |
| 19023837 | FOLDABLE CAR ROOF TENT BRACKET AND FOLDABLE CAR ROOF TENT | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | — |
| 18977275 | AUTOMATIC SCORING METHOD AND AUTOMATIC SCORING SYSTEM FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| 18970404 | JOINT MODEL FOR PROFILE-BASED INTENT DETECTION AND SLOT FILLING WITH SLOT-TO-INTENT ATTENTION | YAMAMOTO, JOSEPH JEREMY | — |
| 18869420 | ADJUSTABLE ORTHOSIS JOINT FOR THE CONTROLLED MOVEMENT AND/OR FIXATION OF A HAND, AND ORTHOSIS COMPRISING SUCH AN ORTHOSIS JOINT | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18956815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MASK THEREOF | WU, YANNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| 2656 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DATA FIELDS IN STRUCTURED DATA FILES OF PROPERTY LISTINGS | Propic Pty Ltd. | NGUYEN, THU N | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19111742 | HYBRID OFF-ROAD VEHICLE DRAG LINE | Mercurypm Pty Ltd. | SONG, DUHYUNG | 3618 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19064498 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTABLY CLOSING TISSUE | Suture Ease, Inc. | DORNBUSCH, DIANNE | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19049685 | PROVIDING NOISE TO TRAINED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT AGENTS | Sony Group Corporation | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19023837 | FOLDABLE CAR ROOF TENT BRACKET AND FOLDABLE CAR ROOF TENT | Ningbo All-Top Auto Products Co., Limited | CHAVCHAVADZE, COLLEEN MARGARET | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18977275 | AUTOMATIC SCORING METHOD AND AUTOMATIC SCORING SYSTEM FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION | The First Affiliated Hospital Of Ningbo University | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18970404 | JOINT MODEL FOR PROFILE-BASED INTENT DETECTION AND SLOT FILLING WITH SLOT-TO-INTENT ATTENTION | VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY | YAMAMOTO, JOSEPH JEREMY | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18869420 | ADJUSTABLE ORTHOSIS JOINT FOR THE CONTROLLED MOVEMENT AND/OR FIXATION OF A HAND, AND ORTHOSIS COMPRISING SUCH AN ORTHOSIS JOINT | Kimebo Ug (Haftungsbeschränkt) | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18956815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGE AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MASK THEREOF | VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY | WU, YANNA | 2615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18950969 | SPOKEN LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TRAINING THE SAME | VINAI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATION AND RESEARCH JOINT STOCK COMPANY | MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18944992 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIBIM RICE BUNS WITH EXCELLENT BINDING STRENGTH | Lotte Grs Co., Ltd. | YOO, HONG THI | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18944923 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BIBIM RICE BURGER | Lotte Grs Co., Ltd. | GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18843927 | A FABRIC SPREADING MACHINE | Pathfinder Australia Pty Ltd. | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18838741 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING DEPTH AND LOCATION OF LOCALISED THINNING IN PLATE STRUCTURE | Agency for Science, Technology and Research | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18772787 | KNIFE GRINDING ASSEMBLY AND KNIFE GRINDING APPARATUS | Guangzhou Landian Trading Co., Ltd. | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18764769 | WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Health Care Originals, Inc. | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18760855 | SYSTEMS INCLUDING NETWORK SIMULATING FOR MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT | Wapp Tech Corp. | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18720208 | A WEARABLE TRANSDERMAL DRUG APPLICATOR | Cosmoaesthetics Pty Ltd. | NATHAN, AIDAN LUKE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18713448 | AN OCULAR IMPLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLAUCOMA | Graham Lee | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18701110 | A SAUNA OPERATIONAL STATE CONTROL SYSTEM | Healtech Pty Ltd. | SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18631925 | COMBINABLE OPTICAL-FIBER ADAPTER ASSEMBLY | Acon Optics Communications Inc. | GREEN, TAJANAE NICOLE | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18430322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-MODE RF SCANNING | N-Smart Inc. | PATEL, ARTIBEN JAIMIN | 2645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18418835 | COMPOSING EFFICIENT AND ROBUST TESTS TO ASSESS ARTIFICIAL AGENTS | Sony Group Corporation | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | 2193 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18556975 | TECHNIQUES AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE REMOVAL OF RETAINED URETERAL STENTS | Mdha Investment Pty Ltd. | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18555731 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CATHODIC PROTECTION MONITORING | Mobiltex Data Ltd. | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18472722 | PANELS OF MEDIUM DENSITY FIBREBOARD | Titan Wood Limited | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18273399 | Method and System for Computing Correct Income of a Security Using Undistributed Income | Battleline Technologies, LLC | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18273412 | Payment System and Method for Improving Security Pricing Using Digital Tokens in a Closed Loop | Fairshares, Inc. | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18304736 | VITAL SIGNS BEACON SYSTEM | Owlink Technology, Inc. | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18249653 | A MODIFIED COMPRESSION APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE FOR USE IN SPINAL SURGERY | Kevin Seex | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18296795 | EVENT TABLES FOR EFFICIENT EXPERIENCE REPLAY | Sony Group Corporation | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18167296 | A Mechanically Secured Plastic Patellar Prosthesis | Signature Orthopaedics Europe Ltd. | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18059040 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, PARTITIONED UNIFORM LIGHT PROJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD | Hangzhou Uphoton Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 18000054 | A PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY LOW-LEVEL LASER TARGETING SYSTEM | Cosmetic Edge Pty Ltd. | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17656486 | METHOD FOR THE ACETYLATION OF WOOD | Tricoya Technologies Ltd | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 92d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17443133 | SELF-IMPROVING, AUTOMATED, INTELLIGENT PRODUCT FINDER AND GUIDE | Artelliga, Inc. | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 357d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial85.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Innovation Capital Law Group, LLP were allowed, across 1,932 applications in USPTO records.
2.33 office actions per allowed application on average.
36 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 31 clients, before 35 examiners in 33 art units.
